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Pendrive/USB-Stick formatting in CLI
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Pendrive/USB-Stick formatting in CLI

  1. detecting the pendrive:

    sudo fdisk -l

  2. unmounting pendrive

    sudo umount /dev/sdf1

  3. formatting the pendrive

    sudo mkfs.vfat -n ‘Nome Pendrive’ -I /dev/sdf1

    where:

    • '-n' = Volume Name
    • 'mkfs' = command responsible for format the file system
    • 'vfat' = formats in the file system FAT. Others avaible: mkfs.bfs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext4, mkfs.minix, mkfs.msdos, mkfs.vfat, mkfs.xfs, mkfs.xiafs.
    • '-I' = pen drive's partition
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